Advanced Issues on Educational Planning, Supervision and Assessment

Code:

DE323

Acronym:

QAPSAE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Educational Sciences

Instance: 2014/2015 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Education Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Master Degree in Educational Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MCED	18	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	12	-	324

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The curriculum domain Planning, Supervision and Assessment in Education – PSAE -is framed by national and international challenges towards the promotion of the development of societies and assurance of educational principles of equity and social justice. It assumes a perspective that combines macro, meso, and micro levels of analysis and intervention in education. Aiming to train for educational management, and decision-making, coordination and cooperation  in the fields of assessment, supervision and educational planning, it focus on the assessment of learning, institutions and educational systems, and on teacher education policies and practices. This curriculum unit organizes in dialogue with local, national and international research and around the identification of core paradigms and theories, critical analysis of policies, projects and programs, and design of research projects and intervention.

Learning outcomes and competences

1. To recognize opportunities and threats in international policies on educational development (ED)

 

2. To identify and to relate bodies, consortia and programs in ED

 

3. To describe international criteria for assessing the quality of educational systems

 

4. To critically analyse policies and practices for evaluating educational institutions (IEA) and educational systems (ASE); and of training, supervision and evaluation of teachers (FSAP).

 

5. To identify and to describe contributions of local, national and international research in the field of EIA, SEA and FSAFP

 

6. To describe key aspects of the state of education in the countries of origin of students and to identify respective lines of development

 

7. To construct and to write the dissertation or internship project

 

8 To design national and international relevant ED programs focusing in the areas of SFAP, EIA and SEA

 

9 To coordinate, to supervise, to research, to make decisions and to give advice on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of Education.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Approach

Field: Education for All and Educational Development

Focus: evaluation of institutions and systems; teacher education and supervision

Levels of analysis: micro, meso and macro

The linkage between policy, practice and research

2. The challenges of educational development

 

Knowledge societies and development

Mapping the transnational regulation of education policies

Achievements and challenges of Education for All

Higher education and the Educational Development

 

3. Pilotage of education

 

Policies of assessment and education quality

International criteria for quality assessment

Macro and micro pilotage of quality assurance systems

 

4 - Evaluation and school improvement

 

Policies of institutional assessment

Projects and programs for evaluating schools

External evaluation, self-evaluation and school autonomy

 

5. Policies, projects and practices in teacher education and supervision

 

Teacher education policies

Teacher education worldwide

Research projects in teacher education and supervision

Evaluation of teacher education

Teacher education and supervision, and school improvement

 

Mandatory literature

Campos, B. ; Políticas docentes: formação e avaliação, Mais Leituras, 2013
CNE; Relatório do Estado da Educação 2012, Ministério da Educação e Ciência, 2012
Delors Jacques 070; Educação. ISBN: 972-41-1775-8
ENQA; Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education , 2005
Moon, B. ; Teacher education and the challenge of development – global analysis, Routledge, 2013
OCDE; Teachers for the 21st century. Using evaluation to improve teaching, OCDE, 2013
OCDE; Education at a Glance 2013, OCDE, 2013
PNUD; Relatório do Desenvolvimento Humano 2013. A Ascensão do Sul, PNUD, 2013
Santos, S. M.; Análise comparativa dos processos europeus para a avaliação e certificação de sistemas internos de garantia da qualidade, A3ES, 2011
UNESCO; Declaração Mundial sobre Educação para Todos, UNESCO, 1990
UNESCO; EFA Global Monitoring Report 2013/4, UNESCO, 2014

Teaching methods and learning activities

In both theoretical and practical sessions

 

1. Contents presentation and discussion 

2. Individual and group reflection of extracts from documents and texts 

3. Analysis of cases and situations

 

Seminar sessions include:

4. Presentation of texts, documents, and research by students

5.  Lecturers with invited experts

 

The tutorial sessions are held in

 

6. Small groups to support autonomous work

7. Individually, aiming to prepare the dissertation or internship project

 

Students will be divided by the different lecturers/supervisors depending on their interests.

 

The autonomous work includes

 

8. Research, reading, and systematized writing of documents, articles and monographs related to policies, practices and research in educational development  (focusing teacher education and supervision, and evaluation of educational institutions and systems), and preparation of their presentation in the sessions

9. Writing the dissertation/internship project

 

The evaluation is “distribuída com exame final”, and includes the production of texts along the semester and the written and oral presentation and discussion of the dissertation / internship project

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	5,00
Prova oral	15,00
Trabalho de campo	30,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	0,00
Estudo autónomo	48,00
Frequência das aulas	98,00
Trabalho de campo	20,00
Trabalho de investigação	50,00
Total:	216,00

Eligibility for exams

x

Calculation formula of final grade

x

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Internship work/project

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

x

Classification improvement

x